EHR Evolutionary Scale

More specifically, has your organization's use of its EHR evolved? In the primal beginning of EHR use it was generally a way for hospitals to capture transactions. Over the years, the true power of the EHR has evolved to be a much more sophisticated system, by which hospitals can catapult themselves into the Modern Age.

So where do you fall along this EHR Evolutionary Scale? Have you advanced enough to use your EHR to help measure the quality of care at your organization? Or are you stuck in the Stone Age, as the upright ape, merely using the EHR to deliver clinical data to providers?

All hospitals fall somewhere along this spectrum, but only the most advanced can truly claim to use their EHR to measure the quality of care at their organization. Of course to do this, your system must have a way to accurately capture your Electronic Clinical Quality Measures. But it's not enough to merely capture the measures, this type of advancement requires an entire team dedicated to maintain, improve and analyze measure results. Without these elements in place you can never hope to truly reach an advanced EHR state.

So honestly, where do you fall? And if you aren't advanced, what will it take to move your organization to that level?

Ok, yes, Iconcede that the EMRAM score is a much more accurate way to measure the extent to which you use your EHR, but don't you think the monkeys are cuter?

WEBINAR:

LESSONS LEARNED FROM ECQM REPORTING

Wednesday, March 28, 20181 p.m. ET | 12 Noon CT | 10 a.m. PT

In this free educational webinar you will hear about lessons learned from the 2017 hospital submissions to the CMS IQR program.

We will provide a sampling of eCQM results from 200 plus hospitals’ submissions to CMS. They’ll highlight the common threads between these hospitals and share insights into the eCQM submission process. You’ll learn strategies for creating a yearly comprehensive quality program in your hospital that will prepare you for success year after year.

In this webinar, you will:

Review the results of hospitals’ 2017 submissions to the CMS IQR program;

Recognize the steps of successful implementation and submission of eCQMs;

Create a plan for your hospital to successfully submit eCQMs to the CMS IQR program;